Formed January 1, 1769 (2nd county)
Grafton County (91,112), Haverhill* (4,585), Lebanon (14,282)
The Modern 1972 red brick structure replaced the 1896 version in Woodsville. It is located two miles south of the town on Dartmouth College Road. New Hampshire State Highway 10 is also Dartmouth College Road. E. Verner Johnson, Robert N. Hotvedt and Associates provided the designs. There are augmenting courthouses in Lebanon (1997), Littleton (1935 District Courthouse), and Plymouth (1996 District Courthouse.) The county was an original county (2nd county) created on January 1, 1769. Grafton County is named for the Third Duke of Grafton. The county seat is named for Haverhill, Massachusetts. Haverhill Corner (1771), Woodsville (1889), and Haverhill (1972) have all been the county seat. Grafton County was the birthplace for 2 New Hampshire Governors, John Page and Robert O. Blood.
Grafton County government consists of a sheriff, an administrator, an attorney, and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners and 22 Delegates (legislative.) Ten Circuit Court Judges serve Grafton County (judicial.) The county is on the western border with Vermont. Burlington, Vermont is west and Manchester, New Hampshire is south of the county. The county center is 39.5 miles Southeast of North Haverhill nearer Warren. The county is surrounded clockwise by Vermont and Coos, Carroll, Belknap, Merrimack, and Sullivan counties.
The area of the county is 1714 square miles. It is 2 out of 10 in the state. It ranks 5 out of 10 in population in the state. It has a density of 53.2 persons per square mile making it 9 out of 10 in the state. Grafton County has 15.7% of its population in its incorporated areas. Interstate Highway 89 cuts the southwest corner from Vermont, west, to Sullivan County, south. Interstate Highway 93 enters the county from Vermont, northwest, and exits into Belknap County, southeast. United States Highway 3 comes from Coos County, northeast, and parallels Interstate Highway 93 into Belknap County, southeast. United States Highway 4 crosses east to west from Merrimack County to Vermont. United States Highway 302 travels from the northeast, Coos County, and goes to the west, Vermont. The county looks like a human head facing southeast. Haverhill is located in the northwest quarter of the county. Lebanon is in the southwest corner of the county. Haverhill is the county seat and is unincorporated. Lebanon is the largest, and only, incorporated city. Haverhill is 5.0% of the county population while Lebanon is 15.7% of the county population. This county is in the Lebanon Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lebanon
North Haverhill (unincorporated)
